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Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Jobs: OCMC Seeking Medical Missions Volunteers

The Orthodox Christian Mission Center is seeking medical personnel, preferably doctors, to serve on medical missions trips to central Uganda and northwestern Tanzania this coming summer and fall. More here.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Pope Theodoros Visits Northern Uganda

As part of his ongoing visit to the Ugandan Orthodox Church Pope Theodoros II (Horeftakis) of Alexandria has visited St. Athanasius' Church in Amutsa, a town in northern Uganda, a region long affected by the civil war in neighboring Sudan. During the course of his visit to Amutsa Pope Theodoros met with members of the parish and served a memorial for its founder, Fr. Athanasius Atim. More here.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Pope Theodoros Awards Museveni Grand Cross

Pope Theodoros II (Horeftakis) of Alexandria met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni yesterday to discuss the life and social outreach of the Metropolis of Kampala in Uganda and to award the Ugandan dictator with the Grand Cross of St. Mark. More here.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Pope Theodoros Blesses First Monastery in Uganda

Pope Theodoros II (Horeftakes) of Alexandria during his ongoing pastoral visit to Uganda has blessed the foundations of the first monastery in Uganda. The Monastery, which will be dedicated to St. Mary of Egypt, will be occupied by an Ugandan Orthodox sisterhood whose members were formed at a monastery in Chania, Crete. More here.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Pope Theodoros Serves Memorial in Kampala for Metropolitan Theodore, Bishop Christopher

As part of his visit to Kampala, this past Saturday Pope Theodoros II (Horeftakis) of Alexandria served the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas' Church and a memorial at the graves of Metropolitan Theodore (Nakyama) of Kampala and Bishop Christopher (Sparta) of Kampala. More here.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Pope Theodore Begins Visit to Uganda and Kenya

Pope Theodoros II (Horeftakis) of Alexandria has begun a pastoral visit to the metropolises of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church in Uganda and Kenya. His visit began yesterday with his arrival in Uganda, where he was met by Metropolitans Jonah of Kampala and Jerome of Mwanza. More here.